Main entry:

Robson, Brian T. (Brian Turnbull), 1939-2020.

Title & Author:

Urban social areas / Brian T. Robson.

Publication:

London : Oxford University Press, 1975.

Description:

64 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Series:

Theory and practice in geography

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 59-64).
The residential kaleidoscope. The economic approach ; The sociological approach ; Housing space ; Social space ; Physical space ; Socio-economic status ; Life-cycle ; Aggregate structure of social areas -- Housing demand: residential mobility. Residential mobility ; Housing chains ; Filtering -- The supply side: multiple housing markets. Housing tenure ; Owner-occupation -- Local authority tenancy ; Race -- The supply side: managers within the system. Landowners ; Developers ; Planners.

Summary:

"Much has been written about the social geography of towns. Dr Robson provides a consice summary of this vast literature and also a new approach to it in his emphasis on housing and on the constraints which limit a household's choice of housing and location. Most previous studies have concentrated on the demand side in looking at residential location, but the emphasis here is on supply - on what houses are built, on types of tenure, on the roles of financiers, developers and planners. The book studies the interaction of housing space, social space and physical space through which the complex mosaic of urban social areas develops."--Back cover.

Resources:
Donor bookplate

ISBN:

0198740360 (paperback)
9780198740360 (paperback)

Subject:

Cities and towns.
Public spaces.
Sociology, Urban.
Urban geography.
Cities
Géographie urbaine.
Sociologie urbaine.
Villes.
Espaces publics.
cities.
urban sociology.
human geography.
Stadt
Wohnen
Huisvesting.
Stedelijke ontwikkeling.

Added entries:

Theory and practice in geography.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 269790
Call No.: BIB 202200
Status: Available